As Smart As They Are: The Author Project

As Smart As They Are: The Author Project

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2005-04-23

A documentary film tracing the collaboration between One Ring Zero, the Brooklyn house-band for McSweeney's Publishing, and an ensemble cast of award-winning authors, each of whom contributed original lyrics. Author Myla Goldberg torments guest singer Syd Straw with tongue twisting, five star vocabulary words. Paul Auster riffs on the ills of Cincinatti and the Iraq war. The film's title, in fact, comes from the inspired dialogue of a talking cockroach.

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A documentary film tracing the collaboration between One Ring Zero, the Brooklyn house-band for McSweeney's Publishing, and an ensemble cast of award-winning authors, each of whom contributed original lyrics. Author Myla Goldberg torments guest singer Syd Straw with tongue twisting, five star vocabulary words. Paul Auster riffs on the ills of Cincinatti and the Iraq war. The film's title, in fact, comes from the inspired dialogue of a talking cockroach.

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2005-04-23

Runtime

63

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Genres

Documentary

Language

English

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    Joshua Camp

    Joshua Camp
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    Michael Hearst

    Michael Hearst
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    Paul Auster

    Paul Auster
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    Rick Moody

    Rick Moody
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    Jonathan Lethem

    Jonathan Lethem
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    Dave Eggers

    Dave Eggers
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    Jonathan Ames

    Jonathan Ames
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    Myla Goldberg

    Myla Goldberg
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    Darin Strauss

    Darin Strauss
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    Lawrence Krauser

    Lawrence Krauser
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    Amy Fusselman

    Amy Fusselman
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    Clay McLeod Chapman

    Clay McLeod Chapman
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    Syd Straw

    Syd Straw
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    Olivier Conan

    Olivier Conan
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    Allyssa Lamb

    Allyssa Lamb